diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 3648d0300fdf98b45702a42d0d672d38c97c3be7..ac855b2f47746efa80ed91081442626d15169568 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5674,11 +5674,11 @@ static int wake_affine(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
 	return target;
 }
 
-static unsigned long cpu_util_wake(int cpu, struct task_struct *p);
+static unsigned long cpu_util_without(int cpu, struct task_struct *p);
 
-static unsigned long capacity_spare_wake(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
+static unsigned long capacity_spare_without(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	return max_t(long, capacity_of(cpu) - cpu_util_wake(cpu, p), 0);
+	return max_t(long, capacity_of(cpu) - cpu_util_without(cpu, p), 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -5738,7 +5738,7 @@ find_idlest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
 
 			avg_load += cfs_rq_load_avg(&cpu_rq(i)->cfs);
 
-			spare_cap = capacity_spare_wake(i, p);
+			spare_cap = capacity_spare_without(i, p);
 
 			if (spare_cap > max_spare_cap)
 				max_spare_cap = spare_cap;
@@ -5889,8 +5889,8 @@ static inline int find_idlest_cpu(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p
 		return prev_cpu;
 
 	/*
-	 * We need task's util for capacity_spare_wake, sync it up to prev_cpu's
-	 * last_update_time.
+	 * We need task's util for capacity_spare_without, sync it up to
+	 * prev_cpu's last_update_time.
 	 */
 	if (!(sd_flag & SD_BALANCE_FORK))
 		sync_entity_load_avg(&p->se);
@@ -6216,10 +6216,19 @@ static inline unsigned long cpu_util(int cpu)
 }
 
 /*
- * cpu_util_wake: Compute CPU utilization with any contributions from
- * the waking task p removed.
+ * cpu_util_without: compute cpu utilization without any contributions from *p
+ * @cpu: the CPU which utilization is requested
+ * @p: the task which utilization should be discounted
+ *
+ * The utilization of a CPU is defined by the utilization of tasks currently
+ * enqueued on that CPU as well as tasks which are currently sleeping after an
+ * execution on that CPU.
+ *
+ * This method returns the utilization of the specified CPU by discounting the
+ * utilization of the specified task, whenever the task is currently
+ * contributing to the CPU utilization.
  */
-static unsigned long cpu_util_wake(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
+static unsigned long cpu_util_without(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
 	unsigned int util;
@@ -6231,7 +6240,7 @@ static unsigned long cpu_util_wake(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 	cfs_rq = &cpu_rq(cpu)->cfs;
 	util = READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_avg);
 
-	/* Discount task's blocked util from CPU's util */
+	/* Discount task's util from CPU's util */
 	util -= min_t(unsigned int, util, task_util(p));
 
 	/*
@@ -6240,14 +6249,14 @@ static unsigned long cpu_util_wake(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 	 * a) if *p is the only task sleeping on this CPU, then:
 	 *      cpu_util (== task_util) > util_est (== 0)
 	 *    and thus we return:
-	 *      cpu_util_wake = (cpu_util - task_util) = 0
+	 *      cpu_util_without = (cpu_util - task_util) = 0
 	 *
 	 * b) if other tasks are SLEEPING on this CPU, which is now exiting
 	 *    IDLE, then:
 	 *      cpu_util >= task_util
 	 *      cpu_util > util_est (== 0)
 	 *    and thus we discount *p's blocked utilization to return:
-	 *      cpu_util_wake = (cpu_util - task_util) >= 0
+	 *      cpu_util_without = (cpu_util - task_util) >= 0
 	 *
 	 * c) if other tasks are RUNNABLE on that CPU and
 	 *      util_est > cpu_util
@@ -6260,8 +6269,33 @@ static unsigned long cpu_util_wake(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 	 * covered by the following code when estimated utilization is
 	 * enabled.
 	 */
-	if (sched_feat(UTIL_EST))
-		util = max(util, READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued));
+	if (sched_feat(UTIL_EST)) {
+		unsigned int estimated =
+			READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued);
+
+		/*
+		 * Despite the following checks we still have a small window
+		 * for a possible race, when an execl's select_task_rq_fair()
+		 * races with LB's detach_task():
+		 *
+		 *   detach_task()
+		 *     p->on_rq = TASK_ON_RQ_MIGRATING;
+		 *     ---------------------------------- A
+		 *     deactivate_task()                   \
+		 *       dequeue_task()                     + RaceTime
+		 *         util_est_dequeue()              /
+		 *     ---------------------------------- B
+		 *
+		 * The additional check on "current == p" it's required to
+		 * properly fix the execl regression and it helps in further
+		 * reducing the chances for the above race.
+		 */
+		if (unlikely(task_on_rq_queued(p) || current == p)) {
+			estimated -= min_t(unsigned int, estimated,
+					   (_task_util_est(p) | UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED));
+		}
+		util = max(util, estimated);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Utilization (estimated) can exceed the CPU capacity, thus let's